Day one of traveling went well. Before we made it to Chattanooga TN
we stopped at a peach and pecan orchard in Georgia.
My hopes were that the girls would get to pick some peaches.
We took the tour which consisted of us riding around looking at trees
listening to a canned speech about the working operation. No picking!
Well we did let them pick which box of peaches we should purchase.

The peaches are so juicy and sweet as can be.
We also bought peach cider and wine.

Over all no problems until we pulled up to our hotel. Eww! I
thought a Ramada would be better. It took 3 rooms
before we found an acceptable place to stay.

Monday morning I was so happy to get on the road, I hardly

noticed I hadn't gotten my daily caffeine.

On day #2 we drove from Chattanooga TN to St Louis MO
(where our hotel was MUCH nicer and cheaper)
Our goal was to "do" the Arch. When you think about
it, isn't $36 (for all 5 of us) a little much to ride up an elevator, look out
some windows and ride back down again? We still did it and I'm glad
we did. I love this picture of the arch casting a shadow on the river below.
See the dots...those are people.

Mom and girls in the arch...Chris was nervous but still made the trip.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

I use to be an active member of an online scrapbooking cult...um I mean club...um group. No one ever visits that site anymore. Many of the cult members, I mean groupies...um active members could be found at other scrappy sites as well but I was never a multi-site scrapper. It's all about being loyal. (I'm kidding.) Finally after many months I have decided I need that community again. I'm kicking it off by joining an online crop this weekend. Not only do I have 500 pictures from our Florida vacation but I have at least two years worth of pictures to catch up on. If you are at all interested in scrapping please come join us at this site. Scrap Chicks

I hope to have some new layouts to post to my scrapbook page on this blog by Monday morning. We'll see.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

You can't go to Florida and not spend some time at the ocean, especially since you can drive75 minutes east or west and see a different body of water. We went east and spent time close to Daytona. Our friends have a condo just a block off the beach, it's a beautiful home.

I guess back when the Daytona 500 started it was on both paved and unpaved roads.
The restaurant we ate at on our first night was at the old North Turn of the race
and so that's what the establishment was named. Great sea food. Olivia loved the
alligator bites but she kept calling it "chicken".

The girls ready to hit the beach

The girls couldn't believe how white and soft the sand was.

Raabe Girls with the Kirgan Boys

Livie loves the boys!

Look how those storm clouds have moved in.

At this point we weren't sure if we would be able to eat

our entire meal outside or if we would be running for cover.

Happy Birthday Dani!

In the Beach Club house

Curt and Chris in the Florida ping pong championship game. :)

Gotta do the "jumping" pic

I have so many beach pictures, it really was a struggle to pick out just a few.

About Me

So Blessed...
I met my husband and best friend over 20 years ago. Together we have 3 fantastic girls. What a privilege it is to stay home to be a full time mom. God has given me so much and I will forever worship Him.